A surrealist painting from the 1940s by Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m (£41.8m) - shattering the auction record for an ...

With an estimated price of $40 million to $60 million, “El sueño (La cama)” may surpass the top price for a work by any ...

" El sueño stands among Frida Kahlo's greatest masterworks — a rare and striking example of her most surrealist impulses," said Anna Di Stasi, Sotheby's head of Latin American art, in a statement.

Kahlo’s haunting 1940 self-portrait, “El sueño (La cama),” had previously sold at Sotheby’s 45 years ago for $51,000.

The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage ...

A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction.

A deeply intimate self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has shattered the artist’s previous auction record, selling for a monumental ...

Frida Kahlo made history this week as her haunting 1940 self-portrait, “El sueño (La cama)” sold for US $54.7 million.

"The Dream (The Bed)," a self-portrait created in 1940, sold for $54.7 million. The previous record holder, Georgia ...

Kahlo's paintings have long resonated with audiences for their vivid portrayal of her life experiences and struggles. "El sueño (La cama)" depicts Kahlo asleep in a colonial-style bed, enveloped in a ...

Kahlo's El sueño (La cama) features a hauntingly beautiful scene where the artist is depicted asleep in a carved canopy bed, surrounded by a tangle of vines and a skeleton above her. According to Anna ...